LIST OF FRUITS. 
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* Duchesse d’Angouleme, large, obtuse obovate, brownish yellow, 
ripens in November, a very good bearer, grows to a very large size. 
Urbaniste, middle-sized, pale-green, obovate, ripens in October, 
good flavour. 
Welbeck, large, obovate, yellow russety, ripens in October. 
WINTER DESSERT PEARS.— Standards. 
* Crassane Winter, large, turbinate, greenish yellow and brown, 
ripens in January, good bearer. 
* Downton, middle-sized, pyriform, yellowish brown, in use Jan. 
and February, good bearer. 
t * Fondantedu Bois, middle-sized, obovate, greenish yellow, in 
use December to February, resembles the Passe Colmar. 
* Forelle, middle-sized, roundish, yellowish green and red, in 
use from October to January. 
Knight’s Monarch, middle-sized, obovate, yellowish brown, ripens 
in January. 
Ne Plus Meuris, middle-sized, roundish, brown russet, in use from 
November to March, one of the best late pears, although not so 
handsome as some. 
Rouse Lencli, large, oblong, pale green, in use January and Feb. 
REQUIRING A WALL. 
* Beurre, Easter, large-sized, obovate, greenish brown, hardy, 
one of the very best, in use from January to March. 
f * Beurre d’ Aremberg, middle-sized, obovate, pale brown, in 
use December and January, excellent. 
f * Beurre Ranee, middle-size, obtuse pyriform, brownish green, 
in use from March to May, the very best late sort yet known, is well 
deserving a wall. 
* Bezi Vaet, middle-sized, obovate, yellowish brown, in use De¬ 
cember and January, resembles the Chaumontel in flavour, bears 
also well as a standard. 
f * Chaumontel, large, oblong, yellowish brown, in use from No¬ 
vember to March. 
* Colmar, middle-sized, obtuse pyriform, greenish yellow and 
brown, in use from November to February. 
f * Passe Colmar, large, obovate, bright yellow, in use Decem¬ 
ber and January. Tree very free from canker, much hardier than 
the Colmar, great bearer. 
Virgouleuse, large obovate, yellowish green, in use from Novem¬ 
ber to January. Tree vigorous, fruit excellent, but a shy bearer. 
f Winter Nelis, middle-sized, obovate, yellowish brown, in use 
December and January. 
